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Monday, September 12, 2011

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chicagotribune.com - The woman who once promised a boxing match with Mayor Rahm Emanuel for the rights of teachers and the hearts of Chicago's public school children is getting up off the mat. Bullied and bludgeoned by...

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Who is the liar? « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - When it was reported that four Chicago schools had voted to bend to the Mayor’s pressure and accept the longer day, you would have thought from the news reports that a cure for cancer had been disc...

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Is REAL Formative Assessment Even Possible?

teacherleaders.typepad.com - Let me start with a simple, researched-based truth: Formative assessment—timely feedback gathered and reviewed during the course of a learning experience that serves to 'inform' both teachers AND s...

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Trial of Election Aide Could Hurt Bloomberg

democraticunderground.com - Source: NY TimesTrial of Election Aide Could Hurt BloombergBy JOHN ELIGONPublished: September 11, 2011 While John F. Haggerty Jr., a Republican political worker, will be the only defendant sitting ...

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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 11, 2011 Kennedy Center Washington, D.C. 8:12 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: The Bible tells us -- “weeping may endure fo...

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read these blogs | angry asian man

blog.angryasianman.com - "Fukushima" Music Video [Magnetic North & Taiyo Na]: "Dedicated to the victims and families of 9/11 and the Japan Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crisis of 2011. Dedicated to the victims of any tra...

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In Love With Death

nytimes.com - Outside, the desert sky had been darkened by a sandstorm. In the tent, an Army officer pulled up a chair. It was early in the invasion of Iraq, late March 2003. With the war postponed on account of...

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Re-Imagining Lennon's "Imagine" by Timothy Riley |

bluecheddar.net - John Lennon’s “Imagine” is a haunting, powerful song I’ve loved since I first heard it. It challenges the listener to question bedrock assumptions about religion, country, and ownership. In contras...

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This is Life or Death | Connected Principals

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - This is Life or Death | Connected Principals:This is Life or DeathPosted by Eric Juli on 9/12/11 • Categorized as Leadership Essentials,School CultureShareI attended a student’s funeral last Friday...

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Congress dueling over Pebble prospect

democraticunderground.com - Source: Anchorage Daily News WASHINGTON -- In a high-stakes battle that pits gold and copper against fish, members of Congress are scrapping over a plan to build one of the world's largest open pit...

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The Guardian: The Kochs' Keystone clique exposed

kochwatch.org - Only the Koch brothers' club of billionaires and political cronies will profit if the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline goes ahead-by Robert GreenwaldSeptember 8, 2011- Charles Koch, one of our co...

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Mich. court stays on sideline in recall dispute

chron.com - GRAND BLANC, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court won't get involved in the effort to recall a state lawmaker from Genesee County.In a brief order released Saturday, the court refused to issue a...

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Jersey Jazzman: The "Passionate" Bill Gates

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Jersey Jazzman: The "Passionate" Bill Gates:The "Passionate" Bill Gatesby DukeJiminy Christmas...A passionate believer in education reform, Bill reviews Steven Brill’s book, Class Warfare: Inside t...

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    3,500 Classes with Too Many Students – SchoolBook

    3,500 Classes with Too Many Students – SchoolBook:

    3,500 Classes with Too Many Students

    On the first day of school last week, Katrina Greene, 11, center, is ready to learn, in Chester Edwards' sixth grade math class at the Choir Academy of Harlem.Librado Romero/The New York TimesOn the first day of school last week, Katrina Greene, 11, center, is ready to learn, in Chester Edwards' sixth grade math class at the Choir Academy of Harlem.

    Sept. 12, 2011, 7:48 a.m.

    By ANNA M. PHILLIPS

    The first full week of school in the 2011-2012 begins today. Here’s what was in the news over the weekend:

    The New York Post reports that seven city schools have been added to the state’s list of “persistently dangerous” schools, meaning that for the last two years they’ve had six or more “serious incidents” for every 100 students they enroll. Of the 19 schools on that list, nine are in the city, a decrease from last year when 12 of 16 were city schools. Two schools — M.S. 332 and J.H.S. 13, both in Manhattan — were also on the list last year. Schools have to wait two years before petitioning to be removed and, in the meantime, under No Child Left Behind, their students can transfer to other schools.

    The newly-added schools:
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    Hess: Don’t trust ‘I’m for the kids’ | EdNewsColorado

    Hess: Don’t trust ‘I’m for the kids’ | EdNewsColorado:

    Hess: Don’t trust ‘I’m for the kids’

    by EdNews staff

    People seeking a dose of iconoclastic thinking and blunt talk about education reform might want to seek out Rick Hess.

    A resident scholar and director of education policy studies at the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute think tank, Hess has made a career of questioning the most cherished assumptions of everyone associated with public education. It is impossible to pigeonhole him on education issues. To paraphrase Hess, he makes a good


    Monday Churn: Back to work

    by EdNews staff

    Daily Churn logoWhat’s churning:

    Last week’s work week lasted a short four days and the weekend was – for many – a somber remembrance of the decade since Sept. 11, 2001.

    So it’s back to a full week ahead of state education meetings and district school board gatherings. Agendas include a discussion of a new credit-card spending policy for Denver Public Schools board members, a look at the financial health of Jefferson County Public Schools and talk about new graduation guidelines at the State Board of Education.

    Meanwhile, election season is gearing up in various districts. Tonight, candidates for the Douglas Countyschool board will speak at a Highlands Ranch elementary school. Eight candidates are vying for three seats in a

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    There are many dimensions to “cheating” and many ways to measure its harm | Thoughts on Public Education

    There are many dimensions to “cheating” and many ways to measure its harm | Thoughts on Public Education:

    There are many dimensions to “cheating” and many ways to measure its harm

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    By Miriam Kurtzig Freedman

    I’ve read with horror – as many of us have – story after story about the cheating mess on tests in Atlanta, focusing on 2009 state tests, and in other cities and states.

    But then I wonder, what is “cheating”? What does that word mean? As I see it, it’s a way of pretending that a reported test score is valid and that the score actually tells us how the student performed and what that student actually knows on that test. Apparently, these cheating scandals show that scores had been tampered with in various ways and were not valid. Reported scores were too high – and did not actually show what students know and can do. Tragic.

    And to this mess, I would add my concerns about state and federal testing policies that allow students, especially students with disabilities and English language learners, to take tests that may not be valid from the get go. These invalid tests include those that have been modified in

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    Pension Call Tuesday. Representative Karen May. « Fred Klonsky's blog

    Pension Call Tuesday. Representative Karen May. « Fred Klonsky's blog:

    Pension Call Tuesday. Representative Karen May.

    by Fred Klonsky

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    Tomorrow is Pension Call Tuesday. Another member of the House Committee on Pension Reform is Democrat Karen May from the 58th District in Highwood in Lake County.

    Springfield Office:
    255-S Stratton Office Building
    Springfield, IL 62706
    (217) 782-0902
    (217) 557-7214 FAX
    District Office:
    427 Sheridan Road
    Highwood, IL 60040
    (847) 433-9100
    (847) 433-9111 FAX
    Lake County
    Email: karen@repkarenmay.org

    Remind Representative May that teachers have always met our pension obligations. In spite of the fact that the state has not met their pension obligations the pension fund is at no risk in going broke. Any changes to our benefits would be in violation of the Illinois Constitution. Protecting our pension is a promise made to the teachers of Illinois.
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    The Educated Reporter: More on the Charter School Experiment: Skimming Students?

    The Educated Reporter: More on the Charter School Experiment: Skimming Students?:

    More on the Charter School Experiment: Skimming Students?

    by Emily Richmond
    I recently had the chance to interview author and educational psychologist David Berliner, the Regents Professor of Education at Arizona State University, over on EdMedia Commons (find out if you are eligible to join!). It was a wide-ranging conversation, and I didn't quite have room to run everything in our "Five Questions" series.

    In light of last week's New York Times' story about public schools copying charter schools, I thought it would be appropriate to share some of Berliner's remarks on that issue. I asked him what it says about the model that recent studies have found on average charter schools do no better (and in some cases do worse) than their "regular" public school counterparts.

    Berliner told me that "charter schools were supposed to be crucibles of innovation that traditional campuses could then follow -- that's how the concept was sold to the public." But instead, "most charter schools today are
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